Improved evaporating and drying apparatus



W... KENDRICK.

Evaporating Pan. 1 N0. 54,|73. Patented April 24, 1866.

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WASHINGTON KENDRIOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED EVAPORATING AND DRYING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 54,173, dated April 24, 1866; antedated April 19, 1866.

To all whom'z't may concern:

Beit known thatI,WAsHrNeToNKENDRroK, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Drying or Evaporating Device; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draW- ings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line :20 at, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved means for evaporating moisture from all substances which require to be dried.

It consists in forcing a current of either cold or warm air through a chamber or receptacle by means of fans or their equivalents, as hereinafter set forth.

A represents a chamber or receptacle in which the substance to be dried is placed.

B is a blast-fan placed at the lower part of one side of the chamber or receptacle A, and O is a suction-fan placed at the upper parts of the opposite sideof the same. These fans are inclosed within suitable cases D D, which communicate with the chamber or receptacle A.

By means of these fans a current of air (hot or cold, as may be desired) is forced through the chamber or receptacle A and the contents of the latter deprived of all moisture, the air as it passes through A taking up or absorbing and carrying off the moisture.

This invention performs its work rapidly,

and may be used for drying and evaporating chamber A, arranged as describedthat is to say, the fan B discharging a current of air into the chamber A, and the exhaust-fan C removing the air, together with the vapor of evaporation. 1

WASHINGTON KENDRIGK.

Witnesses JAMES P. HALL, WM. F. MGNAMARA. 

